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Who's Whose?
You'll never again confuse affect and effect! Have you ever been fazed by the spelling of phased, or fretted over the difference between anxiety and angst, stationery and …
Name Dropping
Ever had a Hitchcockian experience (in the shower perhaps?!) ormet someone with a distinctly Ortonesque outlook on life? There arehundreds of words derived from real people who are …
Sleep of Death
May We Borrow Your Language?
The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other …
Idiomantics: The Weird World of Popular Phrases
Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of …
Mask of Night
'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianElizabeth I approaches the end of her illustrious reign, the plague is raging in London, and the Privy Council has ordered the …
Who's Whose?
Who's Whose? is an entertaining and straightforward guide to the most commonly confused words in English today, with real examples of good and bad usage to make differences …
Charles Dickens: David Copperfield
An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages David's life isn't easy. His father is dead and his mother is …
Word at War
War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the 'Dunkirk spirit' whenever the country is faced with major crisis or even …
Mask of Night
'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianElizabeth I approaches the end of her illustrious reign, the plague is raging in London, and the Privy Council has ordered the …
Pale Companion
'Highly entertaining' Sunday TimesMidsummer 1601. Nick Revill and his fellow actors in the Chamberlain's Men are journeying across the Wiltshire Downs for a country-house …
Alms for Oblivion
'Another clever criminal plunge into history' GuardianOn a foggy morning in 1602, a boyhood friend of Nick Revill arrives in London. When Peter Agate announces that he wants to …